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Olympus E-P1 Availability

June 22, 2009 By Eric Reagan

The Olympus E-P1 should be available soon for hands-on treatment; however, you can ensure you are at the front of the line by pre-ordering the new Micro Four Thirds camera at several reputable online retailers.  Check out the availability below, then hit the poll at the bottom to weigh in on whether you’d pick up the E-P1 as your personal camera of choice. The following retailers are trustworthy and, notably, accepting pre-orders for the Olympus E-P1.

Amazon

B&H Photo

Adorama

Filed Under: Olympus Tagged With: digital camera, micro four thirds, Olympus E-P1, PEN, photography

 

Olympus E-P1 Officially Announced

June 16, 2009 By Eric Reagan

After almost a year of teasing and “news”, Olympus has finally unveiled it’s first Micro Four Thirds camera, the Olympus E-P1.  The new E-P1 features a 12.3 megapixel sensor and offers users the ability to switch lenses.  It has no mirror box between the lens and the image sensor, so it is effectively a full time live view camera.  Because of the sensor size in Micro Four Thirds cameras, the Olympus E-P1 has a 2x crop factor applied to lens focal lengths.  As a result, a 14mm focal length on the E-P1 is effectively equivalent to the angle of view of a 28mm lens on a 35mm or full frame camera.  The Olympus E-P1 carries a retail price of $749 (body only), $799 (w/ 14-42mm lens), and $899 (w/ 17mm lens and external viewfinder) and should be available for purchase in July 2009.

Check availability on Amazon.com.

For additional details, see the press release below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Olympus Tagged With: Olympus E-P1

Olympus E-P1 Another Leaked Image

June 14, 2009 By Eric Reagan

Purportedly, this is the back panel of the coming Olympus E-P1.  You can’t really glean a whole lot from this pic, other than it appears to have normal digital camera functions.  Photo Rumors breaks down what they think all these buttons mean.

Nothing to see here.  Move along now.

[via Photo Rumors]

Filed Under: Olympus Tagged With: micro four thirds, Olympus E-P1

Olympus E-P1 Reviews and Resources

June 6, 2009 By Eric Reagan

The Olympus E-P1 is a 12.3 megapixel quasi-compact camera that offers users the ability to switch lenses.  It has no mirror box between the lens and the image sensor, so it is effectively a full time live view camera.  Because of the sensor size in Micro Four Thirds cameras, the Olympus E-P1 has a 2x crop factor applied to lens focal lengths.  As a result, a 14mm focal length on the E-P1 is effectively equivalent to the angle of view of a 28mm lens on a 35mm or full frame camera.

Olympus E-P1 Key Features

  • Compact size w/ interchangeable lenses
  • 12.3 megapixel sensor
  • HD video at 720p
  • ISO 100-6400
  • Sensor-based image stabilization
  • 11-area multiple AF
  • 3? LCD
  • External flash hotshoe
  • 3 frames per second shooting speed
  • Olympus’ popular Art Filters
  • SD card compatibility

Olympus E-P1 Availability

Amazon

Adorama

B&H Photo

Photography Bay Resources

Olympus E-P1 Review

Olympus E-P1 Reviews

Camera Labs

The Olympus E-P1 is the camera many enthusiasts have been waiting for.

Adorama

They have delivered a game-changing camera that may not be for everybody but if the size, shape, and ability to use so many different kinds of lenses, from Olympus and many others appeals to you, as it does to me, you’ll want an E-P1.

Pocket-lint

Detail is very good and with around two to three stops of exposure and detail headroom in the RAWs there’s plenty of extra detail to pull out of shadows and highlights if you need to.

PhotographyBLOG

It surpasses the E-620, offering a leap forward in low-light performance, so much so that the E-P1 is the first Four Thirds camera to offer comparable quality to an APS-C DSLR, despite the smaller sensor size. Olympus have certainly made real strides here.

Photocrati

After examining my 900 images and dozens of HD video clips, I can confirm that the E-P1 and M. Zuiko lenses live up to their full potential.

PhotographyPress

Well, I was won over by the image quality and that at the end of the day is probably the single most important factor and so makes this a camera one I cannot help but recommend.

Outback Photo

So far we think that the image quality is nice and likely even better than the E-620 (and we like using E-620 a lot).

Cnet

The Olympus E-P1 is an otherwise excellent enthusiast compact camera hampered by some performance problems and the lack of a viewfinder and built-in flash.

Steve’s Digicams

I was very pleased with the image quality from the E-P1’s 12.3-megapixel Live MOS imager and TruePic V imager processor.

Digicam Review

Image quality is excellent – with excellent colour, and good levels of saturation and contrast with excellent detail. Noise levels were very low and provided useable ISO1600 (and possibly higher) – with less colour noise than even the Canon 450D, and provided much better detail from the Olympus kit lens, than the Canon’s kit lens.

T3

As for things like focussing, The E-P1 makes use of 11-point focus system which worked well under our tests, albeit a tad sluggish.

Pocket-Lint (first look review)

The Olympus E-P1 is a true hybrid, falling into the space between compact and DSLR. It is distinctly different in its offering and may, for some, be appealing as a result

Wired UK (hands-on report)

Its technical proficiency makes this a very good camera. What makes it great is its sense of style, which leaves an SLR feeling clunky by comparison.

Filed Under: Olympus Tagged With: digital camera, micro four thirds, Olympus E-P1, photography, Reviews

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